Q: Opening MacWrite documents created on Powerbook 3400 on my new macbook
I have successfully moved my old files to my new macbook from my old powerbook 3400 now. i was attempting to open them all and convert them into microsoft word files, as I have the office suite on the old 3400, however it is a slow, slow dinosaur and I spent three hours just opening 5 documents and saving them as microsoft word files. So I have tried to skip that phase and transfer them to the new macbook, now when I try to open those that were created in MacWrite they translate into what I call gobblety-gook. Just a bunch of gibberish I can't make out. ANY suggestions on how I can migrate these into microsoft work documents I can actually read and use?
thanks.
thanks.
macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
Posted on Jul 20, 2008 4:17 PM
by jpl,Solvedanswer
hrasmus,
This may not be helpful, but have you tried opening the MacWrite files which are now on your MacBook with Apple's powerful TextEdit application? If successful, you should be able to then convert to MS.
This may also be helpful:
http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/applesfree_word_processor_may_be_all_youneed/
This may not be helpful, but have you tried opening the MacWrite files which are now on your MacBook with Apple's powerful TextEdit application? If successful, you should be able to then convert to MS.
This may also be helpful:
http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/applesfree_word_processor_may_be_all_youneed/
Posted on Jul 20, 2008 7:59 PM